• Fjaeger
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    1 year ago

    I’m not familiar with the German politics, but are you saying that Germany got rid of nuclear despite environmentalists?

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      1 year ago

      These decisions are mainly rooted in the peace movement of the 80s (fueled by the nuclear missiles in Germany installed by the US) and the direct experience of Tschernobyl. Its supported by the majority in the public.

      The current political decision was made by the more conservative government.

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        I think there is also an important cultural difference between Germany and France that led to different nuclear program.

        In the German political system there is strong regional and local governments and a weaker federal government that holds all that together.

        In the French political system there a very strong centralized government and regional or local government don’t have much power.

        Nuclear worked very well in France because of that. Nuclear energy need to be organized at a national level, German prefer energy that can be deployed locally or regionally.